The Last Children of Tokyo

The Last Children of Tokyo

By
Yōko Tawada
Yōko Tawada,
Margaret Mitsutani
Margaret Mitsutani(Translator)
2014 • 144 pages

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Average rating3.3

15

A dreamlike story of filial love and glimmering hope, set in a future where the old live almost-forever and children's lives are all too brief.

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This book felt surprisingly long for such a short book

September 23, 2023

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